Friday’s numbers show Omicron dominance

The whole genomic sequencing of the SARS-CoV-2 variants in Sri Lanka performed by the Sri Jayewardenepura University’s Allergy, Immunology and Cell Biology Unit, Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine on Friday (January 28) shows the following:

88 samples from the community had been sequenced in the 4th week of January

Of these 88 samples, the Omicron variant was found to have infected 82 samples – a mix of the two main Omicron lineages BA.1 and BA.2

Of the 88 samples, only 6 were infected by the Delta variant.